平时多注重近义词组的积累，写作时语言就会更加丰富多彩。今天我们来讲一下“将来”这个时间状语，英文中有什么不同的表达法。
（一）将来的某个时候，不特定的时间
1. in the future:
例：
What do you think life in the future will
be like? （你认为将来的生活会是怎样的呢？）
派生词组：
（1）in the near future：近期内
The new software will be available in the
UK in the near future.（这个新软件近期内就会在英国上市。）
（2）in/ for the foreseeable future：近期内
It is unlikely that the company will
achieve a very high profit margin in the foreseeable future.（该公司在近期内不太可能获得高额盈利。）
2. some time: 将来的某个时候，有的语境下可以翻译成“改天”或“什么时候”
例：
Come over and see us some time.（改天来看我们。）
We should get together some time.（我们改天/什么时候一定要聚聚。）
The project should be completed some time
next year.（该工程明年就该完工了。）
3. one day/ some day: 将来的某个时候，尤指很久以后
例：
One day, I'd like to visit the Grand
Canyon.（将来我想去大峡谷玩玩。）
She always knew that some day he would
leave her.（她心里有数，他将来会离开她。）
4. one of these days: 总有一天
例：
One of these days you're going to be sorry.（总有一天你会后悔的。）
Richard is going to have a heart attack one
of these days if he doesn't slow down.（理查要是工作一直那么忙，总有一天要得心脏病的。）
5. The day will come (when)...：强调将来一定会发生某事
例：
The day will finally come when a woman or a
black man is elected president of the United States.（将来，一定会有女性或黑人当选美国总统。）
（二）将来的某个特定时间
1. an hour/ 10
years/ 2 weeks, etc. from now：一小时后，十年后，两周后……某段时间后
例：
There may be no rainforest left 30 years
from now.（30年后，可能就没有热带雨林了。）
A couple of months from now, you'll
probably have forgotten all about him.（几个月后你可能就已经完全忘了他。）
2. then: 到时候（指刚才提到过的那个时间点）
例：
I should be finished with work by noon.
Would you like to get together then? （我中午前能做完。我们中午再聚好吗？）
They're sending the results next week, so I
won't know anything until then.（下周结果才会寄来，我要到下周才知道结果。）
Tell him he has two weeks to finish the
job. If he's not finished by then, he's fired.（告诉他，他有两周时间，如果到时候他还没完工，直接走人！）
3. 6 months/ 4 days/ a week, etc. away off：六个月后，四天后，一周后……一段时间后
例：
The next general elections are still two
year away.（离下届大选还有两年。）
The exams are still a few weeks off; you've
got plenty of time to prepare for them.（离考试还有几周时间，你有很多时间复习。）
4. come July/summer/next year, etc.:
say this when something will happen at a particular time in the future到七月、到夏天、到明年……到某个时间就会发生某事
这是口语用法，不要用在书面语中！
例：
Come Monday, we'll be in our new house.（周一，我们就住进新家啦！）
A mild winter is nice, but it means that
come summer you're going to have a bug problem.（暖冬固然好，但暖冬意味着夏天虫子多。）